We all need "thinking of You" cards and I've made a card that will work for most people, using Phindy O'Neill's tranquil digi image, Birds Go By. I've more-or-less followed Dawny's sketch at this week's Papertake Challenge, within the limitations of the size of paper scraps I was using up :). The PDs are both Papermania, as is the sentiment. The brown cardstock was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and I've gone over it with chalks to highlight the script. The image was paintedusing Distress Inks and a watercolor pen.
I made this card with the intention of making it as colourful and cheerful as possible on a grey, rainy day. It's a bit too busy, but hey, it's cheerful :). It uses Maizie at the Beach, a clear stamp from Shirleys2Girls. S2G is relaunching as all digi and you can buy Maizie at 45% off. Be quick, when the stamps are gone they're gone :). Flowers are Prima, a Christmas present from my DH, DPs are old stash, can't find a name on them. Blue flowers stamped around the sentiment are from Stamps by Judith. I've followed the fun sketch from Mojo Monday's Challenge .
I'm so excited to announce that I'm no longer a Guest on the Shirleys2Girls DT - I'm part of their new Design Team along with a dozen other creative Ladies With Attitude. Here's the list of blogs for the DT:
Mrs Comfy is a digi character created by Phindy O'Neill; here she is taking her dog Pogg for a walk. I bought the image before Christmas but have only just had a chance to use it, there are a lot of lovely details to highlight and play with in the drawing.
At last, back into my craft room :). It's been fun having visitors but it's also nice to be just the four of us. Today is my free day, the last visitor left yesterday, tomorrow I have to go back to work. I'm hoping to get a few cards done, we'll see how the day goes... Here's a bright, cheery card that's based round a New Year's Resolutions Challenge, which takes in a few other challenges at the same time.
This is the second and final week of my Guest DT spot for Cute Card Thursday, it has been great fun being part of Caz's talented bunch of crafters, thank you :). This week's Challenge is Happy New Year. I'm also entering my card for the Simon Says Challenge of Simon Says - Party! Lili of the Valley Challenge with the theme Happy New Year and Cupcake Craft Challenge us to make a celebration card.
ABC Challenge is launching a new blog challenge - the Christmas Challenge Blog - here's why:
I think mirri card must be the hardest thing ever to photograph - this card looks a lot better in real life, I promise. I took loads of photos and these two poor pictures are the best I can do :). No chance of another try, this is the final Christmas card (I hope) and went through a letterbox tonight...
You know those clever people who make "one card, ten challenges"? This is the opposite - ten cards for a last minute gift, which fits Secret Crafter's Challenge for the next fortnight. All the images are by Elusive Images, the sentiments are Elusive Images, Hero Arts and Papermania.
More Retro Vases...
Happy Birthday Will! All of a sudden my baby boy has grown up! All the way up to 6'3" or is it 6'4"? Anyway, while stuck for a card idea I had the mad idea of stamping 18 champagne bottles. Now these would have be
en ideal as a digi so I could re-size them but I don't have a digi and I do have a very good champagne bottle stamp from Elusive Images, so I cut out 18 of them, coloured them, stamped some on the card, glued some down and popped some up on 3d foam pads. The green bottles are coloured with H20 paint and the red and gold are Promarkers. With a few foam pads under corks and the number stamps from Dimension Fourth the card was finished.
I'm really excited that I've been picked to be on the Cute Card Thursday Design Team for two weeks as a guest. For my first week, the challenge is to make an aperture card, something I've not done very much before. I reached for one of my favourite images this Christmas, Christmas Colt, drawn by the up and coming Phindy O'Neill who I predict will be the next big thing in digi artists for 2010. Phindy has a group on Papercraft Planet, a blog and an Etsy shop so there are plenty of places to keep up with her new designs :).
The inside of the card showcases the colt image with that Papermania sentiment again. Isn't the colt just beautiful? The card is for a friend who looks after our horses when we are away, he'll certainly appreciate it:). Coloured with Distress Inks as well as Copics for the wreath. Stickles and tiny gems added to the wreath.
This is the last Twisted Thursday Challenge until the New Year. Shirleys 2Girls are taking a break for the holidays and the Challenge will be back in the New Year. Sadly this is the end of my Guest Designer term too, I'm so sad it has come to an end, it really has been fun being part of the team and getting to work with one of my favourite stamp lines. I'd like to thank all of the team, and of course Deidre and Kristine but especially the lovely Debbie who has been so welcoming and kind, answering all the silly questions I come up with :). THANKS!!!! There is still time to apply to be part of the team in the New Year when S2G leaps into the new decade and becomes digi only. Check out the blog for details of how to apply - deadline is 20 December.Upload your card to your favorite online gallery and/or your blog. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use the keywords S2GSC37 AND shirleys2girls. Post a direct link to your card using Mr. Linky on the Challenge Blog, here. The deadline for uploading your card is Wednesday, 23 December, 2009 at midnight PDT.The winning card will be chosen by Random.org, the lucky winner will get to choose a stamp from the Shirley’s 2 Girls product list, and their winning card or other project will be showcased on the Shirley's 2 Girls Challenge Blog Please do visit the other Ladies with Attitude, check out their amazing creations and leave them some love, we're joined this week by fabulous Guest Designer Deanne Burton. Don't forget to check out Deanne's blog, I'm looking forward to seeing her card.
Joy and
So here's my card, which uses the techniques I love: paper piecing, stitching, a great image - Waiting - available from the S2G shop and my favourite DP from this Christmas by Fancy Pants. You've seen the card before, I think it's worth a second look, I hope you do too :)
This is my last card for the My Grafico Design Team, we've had a great team for the last six months and I wish the new team well for the future :).
Well tonight it's snowing a little here, not settling but I had to make a quick snowflake card!
It's not too late to submit your name for Shirleys2Girls Design Team call - the closing date is 20 December. I decorated this candle as my altered item for the DT call. It uses the free digi that is available until the end of today on the SNR Cardiverse group for Shirleys2Girls, you can download the digi for free if you join the group by this evening (Mon 14th December).
Shirleys2Girls had a fun Digi Day Party over at SNR Cardiverse, it's not too late to join in the fun. If you join the group there's a free digi image available until Monday night of a cute penguin. I've used him to make this quick card which I'm entering for the Secret Crafter's Saturday Challenge which is SNOW this week. I'm also entering Mr Penguin into Corrosive Challenge's Walking in a Winter Wonderland Challenge.
Yesterday I got virtually nothing done from a long list of plans including card making. My friend had a special outing to London with her visually impaired elder daughter and, once up there well out of reac
h of home, got a call from school to collect her younger daughter who was unwell. So I picked up Miss Suzie and tucked her up for a short nap, from which she emerged full of beans and ready to colour :). Suzie was with me until quite late in the evening and I promised her that I'd put one of the cards she made onto my blog. So if you scroll down you will find a very nicely coloured House Mouse card :). We both had a great time but Suzie definitely won the crafting session, with a big batch of cards while I'd finished about half of one:)
Upload your card to your favorite online gallery and/or your blog. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use the keywords S2GSC36 AND shirleys2girls. Post a direct link to your card using Mr. Linky on the Challenge Blog, here. The deadline for uploading your card is Wednesday, 16 December, 2009 at midnight PDT.The winning card will be chosen by Random.org, the lucky winner will get to choose a stamp from the Shirley’s 2 Girls product list, and their winning card or other project will be showcased on the Shirley's 2 Girls Challenge Blog Please do visit the other Ladies with Attitude, check out their amazing creations and leave them some love, we're joined this week by Guest Designer Jane. Jane creates some wonderful work, I can't wait to see what she comes up with for the Challenge!
Joy and
Before I tell you about my card I have another couple of bits of S2G news to share with you:
SALE!! Don't forget that S2G has ALL their clear stamps on sale at 45% off. Grab them while they last, when they're gone they're gone. Why not head on over and do some shopping. The sale doesn't include the digis.
Sunday December 13th is our Free Digi Day over at SNR, why not come on over and join in the fun. We'll start at noon PST (that's 8pm UK time) on Sunday the 13th for about two hours. We've got a wonderful holiday game planned with soem chit chat and of course that free digi to play with. Go to SNR Shirleys2Girls Group to find out all the details and updates. You just might walk away with one of the prizes - good luck!
OK now on to my card :). I used the Snowwoman image, which is available as either Digi or clear stamp from Shirleys2Girls. She's coloured with Copics and been blinged with Glamour Dust. Image, mirri card frame and mirricard snowflake all cut with Nestabilities, silver card candy from Carftwork Cards. DPs are Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses.
Michelle Perkett has opened a Challenge Blog, with the first challenge to follow a sketch made by Carlie Mays. I've made a very quick and simple card with a free image that Michelle kindly made available on her PCP group.
A couple of days ago I posted a card made with a digi image from Phindy's Place of a foal, which became a Norwegian Fjord foal with very little tweaking. Having seen how well Phindy drew the Christmas Colt, I begged her to think about drawing a horse and sleigh for Christmas, preferably drawn by a Fjord and was joined in this by Tammy, who also wanted a horse and sleigh image. Within a day, just look what Phindy came up with, listed on her blog as "by request"! This beautiful image is all that I could have wished for, how Christmassy is this!
